What it takes for a 322,500-pound plane to fly fast and low like a fighter. At Airshow London SkyDrive 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker provided the answer in a performance that combined ...

Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC ...

On June 30, the French Air Force retired its last three Boeing KC-135RG Stratotankers, ending over six decades of operations with the aircraft type. A formal ceremony was held at Air Base 125 in ...

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing based at Forbes Field in Topeka performed a flyover at Children's Mercy Park on Saturday, June 28, 2025. 31,191 ...

The US Air Force Security Assistance and Training (AFSAT) Squadron has co-ordinated Block 45 training for four Turkish Air Force KC-135 tanker pilots. AFSAT is the central management agency for all ...

Previous deployments of the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler to the Middle East have often come before US military action. The United States Air Force does not disclose the movement of high-profile ...

While Airbus officials think they have a shot at the KC-135 tanker-replacement program, the Air Force seems to be ignoring them. ``We are pursuing the idea of a Boeing 767 for several reasons,'' said ...